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Learn how to enable or adjust Friendly Fire on your Over the Top WWI server → Find out more
Friendly Fire determines whether players can damage their own teammates during gameplay. Adjusting these settings lets you control how realistic or forgiving combat is on your Over the Top WWI game server.
Enabling Friendly Fire makes gameplay more realistic and tactical, while disabling or reducing it creates a more relaxed and accessible experience.
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ServerConfiguration.ini, EnableFriendlyMeleeFire and EnableFriendlyRangeFire separately control melee and ranged damage to teammates (1 = enabled, 0 = disabled).FriendlyFireAtRoundStart to set a delay in seconds before Friendly Fire becomes active.FriendlyFirePercent controls melee damage to teammates, while RangeFriendlyFirePercent controls ranged damage. ExplosionFf also sets the percentage of explosion damage dealt to teammates.Feedback
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Friendly Fire settings are configured in the ServerConfiguration.ini file. You can edit it in your game server dashboard under the Configuration tab: select the ServerConfiguration.ini file and click Edit directly to change the raw text. The tab also displays many values as form fields with explanations. Alternatively, open the file in the config folder under the Files tab. The file contains the following parameters:
EnableFriendlyMeleeFire = 1
EnableFriendlyRangeFire = 1
FriendlyFireAtRoundStart = 60
FriendlyFirePercent = 5
RangeFriendlyFirePercent = 5
ExplosionFf = 0
FriendlyFireReflectPercent = 0
EnableFriendlyMeleeFire enables or disables melee damage to teammates.EnableFriendlyRangeFire enables or disables ranged damage to teammates.FriendlyFireAtRoundStart sets a delay in seconds after the round starts before Friendly Fire becomes active (0 disables the delay).FriendlyFirePercent controls how much melee damage is dealt to teammates.RangeFriendlyFirePercent controls how much ranged damage is dealt to teammates.ExplosionFf sets the percentage of explosion damage dealt to teammates (0 disables it).FriendlyFireReflectPercent reflects a percentage of the damage back to the attacker instead of the teammate.After editing the ServerConfiguration.ini file, save it and restart your server. The new Friendly Fire settings will take effect immediately.
Your changes to ServerConfiguration.ini are retained when the server restarts. The only exception is WhiteListIsEnabled: ZapX sets this value on every startup based on the Enable whitelist startup parameter. The server name, player count, and passwords are not stored in this file; set them under Startup parameters in the Configuration tab.
Congratulations! You have successfully configured the Friendly Fire settings on your Over the Top WWI game server. These values let you find the right balance between realism and gameplay for your community.
If you have any other questions or need support, our support team is available every day. Feel free to contact us! 🙂
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